A journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to work on social media for his city’s mayor was shot and killed at his home early Monday. The incident happened overnight in Philly and left 39-year-old Josh Kruger collapsed on the street outside his Point Breeze home, police said.
An incident report further revealed how Kruger, at about 1:30 am ET, was shot a total of seven times during the home invasion, and that the suspect – or suspects – are still at large.
Kendall Stephens, a Black trans activist, says Kruger helped her after she was violently attacked in 2020. She wants answers about her friend.
“He was more than just a journalist, he was more than just a community member, he was somebody who fought the great fight,” Stephens said. “So many of us aren’t able to fight that fight.”
Kruger was a journalist with bylines in multiple publications, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, The Philadelphia Citizen, WHYY, and Billy Penn.